Heating system



T. J. MOONEY.

HEATING SYSTEM.

APPLICATION FILED 1AN.30. I920.

1,410,706; Patented Mar. 28,1922.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TIMOTHY J. MOONEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State ofTennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HeatingSystems, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a heating system which is especiallyconvenient for installation in one story buildings such as bungalows,small school houses and the like for heating the same by steam, althoughit 1s equally adaptable for the heating of bulldings of two or morestories.

he object of the invention is to provide a. steam heating system inwhich radiators are dispensed with, thereby reducing the and equipment,and in which heating is effected by utilizing one or more lengths ofpipe or conduit for distributing the heat as conditions may require.

Another object of the lnvention 18- the provision of a system whichgives dlrect contact of the air to be heated with the heati g elementwithout having exposed heatin surfaces and also this constructionprovides for maintaining a definite path of circulation of the heatedair throughout the room.

By reason of the fact that the piping is used as the heating means it ispossible to employ a boiler of less capacity than is required whereradiators are used due to the fact that the same amount of radiating surface is supplied as is present in the use of radiators in which theheating efi'ect of the piping is a total loss.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a single story building having the heatingsystem of the present invention incorporated therein,

Figure 2 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view showing theprinciple of the heating system,

Figure 3 is a transverse sectlon through one of the heating conduits,and

Figure 4 is a transverse section through a modified form of heatingconduit.

In detail:

The invention as shown in Figure l is applied to a one story buildinghaving I Swacification of Letters l atent.

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rooms A, B, C, D, E and F. The partitions between the rooms areindicated but for the showing the invention more clearly it will beconsidered that the floors of the rooms are removed. The boiler orheater 1 is preferably located at any point where a flue connection canbe arranged as for instance in the cellar as indicated at G and has aflue 2 connecting with the chimney 3 on the exterior of the house.Leading from the boiler 1 is a heating main 4.- which enters a conduit 5and continues along parallel with the side walls of the ouse and mayemerge again from the conduit at 6 and enter another conduit 7paralleling the walls of the rooms D and E from which latter conduit itagain emerges at 8 and returns to the boiler 1 as indicated at 9 forminga complete heating circuit. The exposed lengths of pipe 6 and 8 may beencased in any suitable heat insulating covering so that no heat islost. The conduits 5 and 7 are, in reality rectangular box-like membersas shown in Fig. 3 comprising the exterior wall 10 having an interiorheat insulating lining 11 suitably secured in place by adhesive means orthe like. The conduit is supported from the sills of the floor as shownin Figs. 2 and 3 by means of suitable supports 12 attached to theconduit and to the sills as indicated at 13 and 14 respectively.Extending transversely of the conduit at suitably spaced points are rods15 and mounted upon said rods are spool-like rolls 16 supporting thesteam main 4.. Leading from the conduit into the rooms A, B and Crespectively, are inlets 21, 17 and 18. The conduit is further providedwith outlets 16, 18 and 19 for said rooms. Other outlets and inlets 22,23, 2 1 and 25 are also provided, there being an inlet and an outlet foreach room and preferably, said inlets and outlets are closed at theirupper portions by registers of any suitable type as indicated at 20.Disposed in the conduits 5 and 7, in order to separate the inlet andoutlet of each room from the inlets and outlets of the other rooms, arepartition members 26, so that, as shown in Figure 2, the circulation ofheated air in each room will be in at one register and out at the other,the air thus circulating being in intimate contact with the steam mainduring the conduit.

dicated in its course through its particular length of In this manner asimple but effective system of heating rooms is provided Without thenecessity of the usual radiators.

that even igures 1 to 3, the conduit may, nevertheless, be mounteddirectly against one pipe length is used as inthe sills as indicated inFigure 4, or in any other suitable manner.

I claim: A

A heating system for buildings including a heating main forming aheating circuit passing adjacent a plurality of rooms in said building,and a conduit surrounding said main spaced therefrom and havingpartitions therein dividing the conduit into sections closed withrespect to each other and each section having an inlet and an'outlet forone of said rooms whereby each room will have an individual aircirculation through a portion of the conduit out of communication withthe remainder thereof.

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In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

